A/RES/67/152 Rights of the child 42. Notes with appreciation the effective work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including its advice No. 1 (2009) on the right of indigenous peoples to education; 34 43. Reaffirms that States should take effective and appropriate measures to ensure that indigenous children, on an equal basis with others, have access to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, as well as to information and education, including on reproductive and family planning and HIV prevention, that is age-appropriate and in an accessible format; 44. Calls upon all States to include, within the overall context of policies and programmes for the realization of the rights of the child, for all children within their jurisdiction, the relevant provisions for the realization of these rights for indigenous children, in particular: (a) To ensure that the rights of the child, including the rights of indigenous children, are fully respected, without discrimination on any grounds, including by adopting and/or continuing to implement regulations and measures that ensure the full realization of all their rights; (b) To take measures to collect and disaggregate relevant information, including statistical and research data, as appropriate, in order to identify and address the barriers faced by indigenous children in exercising their rights, as children, as well as take measures to enhance international cooperation and partnership, where appropriate, in relation to the provision of technical and capacity-building assistance to support such measures; (c) To encourage greater research, including the development of common indicators, into the situation of indigenous children in rural and urban areas; (d) To take appropriate measures, in consultation with indigenous peoples, to develop culturally sensitive education programmes and services as well as training programmes and educational measures to prevent and eliminate discrimination against indigenous children through the elimination of stereotypes and prejudices, and in this regard, when possible, to review and revise school curricula and textbooks to develop respect among all children for indigenous cultures, history, language and values, to undertake measures to effectively address the comparatively higher dropout rates among indigenous youth and to consider taking effective measures to increase the number of teachers from indigenous communities or who speak indigenous languages; (e) To strengthen efforts towards poverty eradication and to adopt, implement and/or strengthen, in coordination with indigenous peoples, appropriate policies aimed at ensuring the right to an adequate standard of living for indigenous children and their families, along with equal access to quality and affordable services, especially health, nutrition, education, welfare, social protection, safe drinking water and sanitation and other services that are essential for the child’s well-being and, in this regard, to pay particular attention to the most vulnerable children and to those living under especially difficult circumstances; (f) To recognize that, where health disparities exist between indigenous peoples, including indigenous children, and non-indigenous populations in the incidence of non-communicable diseases, appropriate measures need to be taken in order to address the impacts thereof; _______________ 34 10/14 A/HRC/12/33, annex.